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VITAMINES
A
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repairing its broken-down tissue,
and furnishing it with heat
and power for muscular work. True foods contain the same
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"In the past, it has been customary to express the value
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The recent discoveries of the food laboratories, however,
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With the Great Teacher
Lesson 1- In Youth; in Later Years; in
Training Others
JANUARY
7, 1922
LESSON HELP:
"The Desire of Ages," pp. 78-92, 150-153,
168-177, 349-358.
Daily Study_ Outline
1.
Days of preparation, questions 1-4.
2.
Beginning His public teachin
g
, questions 5-S.
3.
The Teacher and His hearers, questions 9-12.
4.
The power of His teaching, questions 13-16.
5.
Extent and result of His teaching, questions
17-19.
6.
The gift of teaching in the church, questions
20, 21.
7.
RevieWr the lesson.
Questions
1. How' old was Jesus when He began to teach? Luke
2: 42, 47.
2. When found in the temple by His parents, what answer
did He give to their anxious inquiries? Verse 49.
3. What is said of the development of the child Jesus?
Verses 40, 52. Note 1.
4. Who were the first human teachers of Jesus? Deut. 6:
7-9. Note 2.
5. How old was Jesus when He began His public teaching?
Luke 3: 22, 23.
6. With what was Jesus filled at the time of His baptism?
Luke 4: 1.
7. To what extent was the Holy Spirit given to Him? John
3: 34, last clause.
8. What is said of the Holy Spirit as a teacher? John
14: 26.
9. What truthful witness did the chief priests and the
scribes unwittingly bear to Christ's teaching? Luke
20:21. Note 3.
10. What was the testimony of Nicodemus concerning Christ?
John 3: 2. Note 4.
11. What does He who comes from God teach? John 3: 34,
first clause.
Said Nicodemus, "Rabbi, we know that
Thou art a teacher come from God."
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12.
How did the officers who were sent to take Jesus speak of
His teachings? John 7: 46.
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13.
How did the teachings of Jesus affect the people gener-
ally? Matt. 7: 28, 29.. Note 5.
14.
What element in Christ's teaching was not found in the
teachings of the scribes and elders? Luke 4: 32.
15.
From whom did He receive this power? Acts 10: 38.
16.
With what favor did the common people receive Christ's
teachings? Mark 12: 37.
17.
What question did Christ's teaching raise in the minds of
some of His hearers? Matt. 13: 54-56.
18.
To what different places did Jesus go to teach the people?
Note 6.
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19.
When Jesus ascended to heaven, what did He give to
men? Eph. 4: 8.
20.
What is mentioned as the third one of these gifts to the
church? 1 Cor. 12: 28.
21.
How long will this gift remain in the church? Eph.14: 13.
Notes
1.
"Wonderful in its significance is the brief record of His
early life: 'The child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled
with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.' In the
sunlight of His Father's countenance, Jesus 'increased in
wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.' His
mind was active and penetrating, with a thoughtfulness and
wisdom beyond His years. Yet His character was beautiful
in its symmetry. The powers of mind and body developed
gradually, in keeping with the laws of childhood. . . .
".With deep earnestness the mother of Jesus watched the
unfolding of His powers
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and beheld the impress of perfection
upon His character. With delight she sought to encourage
that bright, receptive mind. Through the Holy Spirit she re-
ceived wisdom to cooperate with the heavenly agencies in the
development of this child, who could claim only God as His
Father."—"The
Desire of Ages," pp. 68, 69.
2.
"The child Jesus did not receive instruction in the syna-
gogue schools. His mother was His first human teacher.
From her lips and from the scrolls of the prophets, He learned
of heavenly things. The very words which He Himself had
spoken to Moses for Israel, He was now taught at His
mother's knee. As He advanced from childhood to youth, He
did not seek the schools of the rabbis. He needed not the edu-
cation to be obtained from such sources; for God was His
instructor."—Id.,
pp. 69, 70.
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3.
These words were not spoken in sincerity, but were full
of flattery and praise intended to lead Jesus to make state-
ments'for which He could be condemned for either heresy or
treason. But while spoken to deceive and ensnare, they bore a
truthful testimony of the Saviour.
4.
These words from Nicodemus, the Pharisee, resemble
very much those addressed to Christ in Luke 20: 21, but they
came from a sincere heart. Jesus discerned this as He dis-
cerned the other, and shaped His reply to meet the needs of
each.
5.
"The teaching of the scribes and elders was cold and
formal, like a lesson learned by rote. To them the word of
God possessed no vital power. Their own ideas and traditions
were substituted for its teaching. In the accustomed round
of service they professed to explain the law, but no inspira-
tion from God stirred their own hearts or the hearts of their
hearers. . .
"Jesus met the people on their own ground, as one who
was acquainted with their perplexities. He made truth
beautiful by presenting it in the most direct and simple way.
His language was pure, refined, and clear as a running
stream. His voice was as music to those who had listened to
the monotonous tones of the rabbis. But while His teaching
was simple, He spoke as one having authority. This charac-
teristic set His teaching in contrast with that of all others.
The rabbis spoke with doubt and hesitancy, as if the Scrip-
tures might be interpreted to mean one thing or exactly the
opposite. The hearers were daily involved in greater un-
certainty. But Jesus taught the Scriptures as of unquestion-
able authority. Whatever His subject, it was presented with
power, as if His words could not be controverted."—Id., p.
253.
6.
Those who read the Gospels carefully must note the
extensive limits to which Jesus traveled in Palestine while
teaching the people. During His ministry, He made eight
complete circuits of Galilee. More than once we find Him in
Samaria and Judea and Perea. He journeyed as far north
as parts of Cmsarea Philippi, and we also find Him in the coasts
of Tyre and Sidon. He was sent to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel (Matt. 15: 24; Acts 3: 25, 26) ; and it was His pur-
pose evidently to reach as many as possible of this nation to
which He was specially sent, before His earthly career should
close in death. If they were reached at all, He must go to the
cities and villages in which they lived, and press
the
claims
of the gospel home to their hearts and consciences.
"Set apart a little time each day for the study of the Sab-
bath school lesson."
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Lesson
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- The Beatitudes
JANUARY 14, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matt. 5: 1-16.
LESSON HELP: "Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing,"
pp. 9-72, current edition.
Daily Study Outline
1.
Healing and teaching the multitudes, ques-
tions 1-4.
2.
Teaching from the mountain side, questions 5-7.
3.
Blessings pronounced, questions 8-10.
4.
Other blessings announced, questions 11-13.
5.
Encouragement for the persecuted, questions
14-16.
6.
Privileges of the individual and the church, .
questions 17-19.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
What was the nature of Jesus' work in Galilee early in
His ministry? Matt. 4: 23.
2.
How far did the report of His work extend, and with
what result? Verse 24.
3.
From what places did the people come to Jesus? Verse 25.
4.
One day, when He saw the multitudes gathering about
Him, where did He go? Matt. 5: 1. Note 1.
5.
When He had sat down, who came to Him? What did He
then do? Verse 1, last clause; verse 2.
6.
Who does He first say are "blessed"? Verse 3. Note 2.
7.
Whom does He next mention? Verse 4.
8.
What promise does He make to the meek? Verse 5.
Note 3.
9.
Who does He say will be filled? Verse 6. Note 4.
10.
Who does He say shall obtain mercy? Verse 7.
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What blessing is pronounced upon those who are pure in
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heart? Verse 8.
12.
Into what relationship will those who are peacemakers
be brought? Verse 9. Note 5.
13.
What does He promise to those who are persecuted for
righteousness' sake? Verse 10.
14.
What further promise is made to these? Verse 11.
15.
In what spirit should such treatment be received? What
encouraging promise is given? Verse 12.
16.
What did Jesus say His disciples are? What is done with
salt that has lost its savor? Verse 13. Note 6.
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17.
To what else are the disciples compared? Verse 14.
18.
For what purpose do we need alight? Verse 15. Note 7.
19.
For what purpose does God give to us the light of truth?
Verse 16.
Notes
1.
"In the sermon on the mount, He [Christ] sought to
undo the work that had been wrought by false education, and
to give His hearers a right conception of His kingdom and of
His own character. . . . Without combating their ideas of
the kingdom of God, He told them the conditions of entrance
therein, leaving them to draw their own conclusions as to its
nature. The truths He taught are no less important to us
than to the multitude that followed Him. We no less than
they need to learn the foundation principles of the kingdom of
God."—"The
Desire of Ages," p. 299.
2.
The terns "Beatitudes," by which we designate the nine
"blesseds" of this chapter, comes from the Latin
beati,
the
word with which these verses begin in that version. Jesus
does not say "happy," but "blessed." There is a difference.
Happiness may depend upon surroundings and circumstances,
but blessedness depends on relationship to God. We should
bear in mind that these "blesseds" are not pronounced alone
upon those already possessing these virtues, but also upon
those who, by grace, may acquire them. Luke says, "Blessed
are ye poor"—poor in this world's goods, but possessing God,
and growing in grace and knowledge in Him. Such are in-
deed blessed.
3.
"Jesus places meekness among the first qualifications
for His kingdom. .In His own life and character the divine
beauty of this precious grace is revealed. . . . Human nature
is ever struggling for expression, ready for contest; but he
who learns of Christ is emptied of self, of pride, of love of su-
premacy, and there is silence in the soul. Self is yielded to the
disposal of the Holy Spirit. Then we are not anxious to
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have the highest place. We have no ambition to crowd and
elbow ourselves into notice; but we feel that our highest
place is at the feet of our Saviour. . . . The meekness of
Christ, manifested in the home, will make the inmates happy;
it provokes no quarrel, gives back no angry answer, but
soothes the irritated temper, and diffuses a gentleness that is
felt by all within its charmed circle. Wherever cherished, it
makes the families of earth a part of the one great family
above."—"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 29-32,
current edition.
"The meek are the self-controlled. The virtue of meekness
is far from being a passive one. Only a strong person can be
a truly meek person. . . . A meek man is a tamed man, one
In the Sermon on the Mount, Christ sought to undo the work that had been wrought by
false education.
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who has himself in perfect control under all and every provo-
cation. A meek man does not lack force and fire and power,
but he controls these good qualities and uses them for right
things. The Jews were looking forward to inheriting the
earth in a literal. sense; when the Messiah should come they
expected their land to rule all lands. How strange it must
have sounded to the disciples to hear Jesus proclaim that the
meek shall inherit the earth, to hear such a reward promised
to a virtue, not to a
deed!"—Tarbell.
4.
Hunger and thirst are the normal manifestations of
physical health. These strong feelings are used to illustrate
the eager desire the soul should have for righteousness.
"The invalid loses desire for food, but with returning
health begins to desire and enjoy it. So it is also in the moral
and spiritual realm. Hunger for the highest, for the best and
truest life, is itself a sign of saving relationship with God.
The man who has no hunger, and is conscious of no needs, has
neither knowledge of himself nor of God."—Id.
5.
Peacemakers should not wait until contending parties
resort to open conflict. It is well to discern early the causes
that lead up to an open break, and take steps to avert the
trouble. We may be peacemakers in name, but at the , same
time possess dispositions that are the source of constant
strife and turmoil. A 'quarrelsome, fretful, faultfinding,
criticizing, gossiping disposition is not calculated to bring the
blessing in store for peacemakers.
6.
"I have often seen just such salt, and the identical
disposition of it that our Lord has mentioned. A merchant
of Sidon having farmed of the government the revenue from
the importation of salt, brought over an immense quantity
from the marshes of Cyprus. . . . This he had transferred
to the mountains, to cheat the government out of some small
percentage. Sixty-five houses . . . were .rented and filled
with-salt. These houses have merely earthen floors, and the
salt next to the ground, in a few years, entirely spoiled. I
saw large quantities of it literally thrown into the street, to
be trodden underfoot of men and beasts. . . . It is not only
good for nothing itself, but it actually destroys all fertility
wherever it is thrown ; and this is the reason why it is cast
into the street. . . . There is no place about the house, yard,
or garden where it can be tolerated. No man will allow it to
be thrown on to his field, and the only place for it is the street;
and there it is cast, to be trodden underfoot of men."—
W.
M. Thompson, in "The Land and the Book."
7.
Lord, let me be the torch that springs to light,
And lives its life in one exultant flame,
A blaze of living fire against, the night,
Although :t drop to darkness without fame.
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For I have watched the smoldering, lukewarm soul,
Choked in the ashes that itself hath made,
Despised the grudging measures of its dole,
And turned from it bewildered and afraid.
Light rue with light of love - this my desire -
With light of love, I pray! Then let me burn
My little moment in pulsating fire,
And so perform my mission in my turn.
Let me be lighthouse for some rock or reef,
Shining afar to light a soul's return,
That it be saved from shipwreck, loss, and grief.
Make me Thy torch,
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Lesson 3 - The Law Unfolded
JANUARY 21, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matt. 5: 17-48.
LESSON HELP: "Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp.
73-118.
Daily Study Outline
1.
The character of the Scriptures, questions 1, 2.
2.
Need of obedience and true righteousness, ques-
tions 3, 4.
3.
Striving for unity and fellowship, questions 5-7.
4.
Great truths magnified, questions 8-10.
5.
Oath-taking, questions 11-13.
6.
Returning good for evil, questions 14-16.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
What was the attitude of Jesus toward the Scriptures?
What did He come to do? Matt. 5: 17. Note 1.
2.
With what words does He teach the immutability and
perpetuity of the law? Verse 18. Note 2.
3.
How will persons be regarded who break the law of God
and teach others to do the same? Verse 19. Note 3.
4.
Ho* did Jesus teach that true righteousness is more than
an outward display? Verse 20.
5.
What new meaning did Jesus give to the law? Verses 21,
22. Note 4.
6.
What course should we take toward one whom we have
offended? Verses 23, 24. Note 5.
7.
What is our duty toward our adversaries? Verses 25, 26.
8.
How comprehensive is the seventh commandment?
Verses 27, 28.
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9.
What sacrifices should we be willing to make rather than
sin? Verses 29, 30. Note 6.
10.
What instruction did Jesus
give
concerning the law of
divorce? Verses 31, 32.
11.
What did Jesus teach concerning oath-taking? Verses
33-36. Note 7.
12.
In what simple manner should believers express their
sincerity? Verse 37. Note 8.
13.
In what -words does Jesus teach us to avoid contention
and strife? Verses 38-42.
14.
How should a Christian regard his enemies? ,Why should
he treat them thus? How does the Lord show His re-
gard for them? Verses 43-45.
15.
For what kind of love is there no reward? Verses 46, 47.
16.
What high standard is set before every Christian?
Verse 48.
Notes
1.
That Jesus referred to the great moral law is shown
in His reference to two of its commandments. See Matt. 5:
21, 27. He came not to destroy the law, nor the prophets
which His Spirit had inspired. 1 Peter 1: 11. He came to
"fulfill" the law. The only way a moral law can be fulftlled
is by keeping it to the full. John 15: 10; Gal. 6: 2. Thus
Jesus kept the law of God, and then, in His love, died to meet
its claims, that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in His followers. Rom. 8: 4. He fulfilled the prophecies re-
lating to His first advent. Eternity alone can fulfill all the
prophecies, for some of them prophesy of the eternal kingdom
of God.
2.
A "jot" (the Hebrew letter
yod,
answering to our
letter i) is the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet. A
"tittle" is a point that serves to distinguish one letter from
another, as the difference between our capital E and F. Some
Hebrew letters are much more alike, and the absence or
presence of the distinguishing point would make great dif-
ference in the meaning. God's law could not be changed in
one jot or tittle till heaven and earth should pass away; and
"the earth abideth forever."
3.
" 'Shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven.'
That is, he shall have no place therein. For he who willfully
breaks one commandment, does not, in spirit and truth, keep
any of
them."—"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," p. 81,
current edition.
In the Judgment, those persons who break God's law and
teach men to do so, will be counted "of no esteem in the king-
dom of heaven." They will have no place there.
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4.
The nature of God's law, and its meaning, have never
changed. The meaning which Christ caused to stand out with
clear emphasis was in the law as 'spoken from Mount Sinai.
But the traditions of its teachers had covered up the true
meaning. Christ purposed to take away this false interpre-
tation, and cause the law to stand out in its true interpre-
tation.
5.
"When one who professes to serve God wrongs or in-
jures a brother, he misrepresents the character of God to that
brother, and the wrong must be confessed, he must acknowl-
edge it to be sin, in order to be in harmony with God. ' Our
brother may have done us a greater wrong than we have done
him, but this does not lessen our responsibility. If when we
come before God we remember that another has aught against
us, we are to leave our gift of prayer, of thanksgiving, of
freewill offering, and go to the brother with whom we are at
variance, and in humility confess our own sin, and ask to be
forgiven."-f---/d., pp.
91, 92.
6.
"In order for us to reach this high ideal, that which
causes the soul to stumble must be sacrificed. It is through
the will that sin retains its hold upon us. The surrender
of the will is represented as plucking out the eye or cutting off
the hand. Often it seems to us that to surrender the will to
God is to consent to go through life maimed or crippled.
But it is better, says Christ, for self to be maimed, wounded,
crippled, if thus you may enter into life. That which you
look upon as disaster is the door to highest benefit."—Id.,
pp. 95, 96.
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"Our Saviour did not, however, forbid the use of the
judicial oath, in which God is solemnly called to witness that
what is said is truth, and nothing but the truth. Jesus Him-
self, at His trial before the Sanhedrin, did not refuse to tes-
tify under oath. . . . If there is any one who can consistently
testify under oath, it is the Christian.""—Id., p.
103.
8.
"But let your speech be, Yea, yea:
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Nay, nay: and what-
soever is more than these is of the evil one." A. R. V. The
context shows the admonition to be against unnecessary oaths.
There are those who are so anxious to make their words
emphatic, that they use all kinds of adjurations.
"Its is impossible to estimate the good results of one hour
or even,
half an hour each day devoted in a cheerful, social
manner to the word of God."—Mrs.
E. G. White, in "Testi-
monies on Sabbath School Work."
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Lesson
4
.- Giving Alms; Prayer
JANUARY
28, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE : Matt.
6: 1-18.
LESSON HELPS:
"The Desire of Ages," pp. 298-314;
"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 119-176, current
edition.
Daily Study Outline
1. Right motives in almsgiving, questions 1-3.
2. Instruction on prayer, questions 4, 5.
3. Jesus gives us a model prayer, questions 6-S.
4. Praying for definite things, questions 9-11.
5. Conditions for answered prayer, questions 12-14.
6. Instruction concerning fasting, questions 15, 16.
7. Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
What motive should not actuate us in giving alms?
` Matt. 6: 1.
2.
Against what spirit in the giving of alms are we warned?
Verse 2.
3.
How should we perform our charitable deeds? How will
such be rewarded? Verses 3, 4.
4.
How does Jesus say the hypocrites pray? Verse 5. See
Luke 18: 11.
5.
What does Jesus teach concerning secret prayer? What
reward is promised? Matt. 6: 6. Note 1.
6.
Against what should we
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guard when we pray? .What do
some think? What does the Father know? Verses 7,
8. Note 2.
7.
What model prayer has our Lord given to us? Verses
9-13.
8.
What form of address in this prayer indicates God's re-
lationship to us? Verse 9.
9.
For what two things are we first instructed to pray?
Verse 10.
10.
For what are we to ask daily? Verse 11.
11.
On what condition only may we ask forgiveness for, our
sins? Verse 12. Note 3.
12.
What request is made for guidance and safety? Verse 13.
13.
On what condition may we expect forgiveness? Verse 14.
14.
How will our Father deal with those who do not forgive?
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15. What are we told not to do when we fast? Verse 16.
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16. What instruction is given concerning fasting? Verses
17, 18. Note 4.
Notes
1.
"In the secret place of prayer, where no eye but God's
can see, no ear but His can hear, we may pour out our most
hidden desires and longings to the Father of 'infinite pity;
and in the hush and silence of the soul, that voice which never
fails to answer the cry of human need, will speak to
our
hearts."—"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," p.
126, current edition.
2.
Study well the instruction of our Saviour, and the
prayers recorded in the Scripture. This passage does not
forbid public prayer; for our Lord prayed in public, as did
His servants. Public prayers, should on all ordinary occasions
be short. Let the long prayers be in secret. Come to God
with humility, with a sense of utter unworthiness, and of His
holiness and mercy. Thank Him for His goodness. Praise
Him for His love and mercy. Ask in simple faith as we need,
but always according to His will. Do not often repeat the
name or titles of Deity, nor speak to the great God as you
would to your human neighbor. Holy reverence becomes the
Christian; and this is fitting to the most implicit faith.
3.
A story is told of a knight in olden times who went to
an aged pastor to ask his blessing before he went to avenge
himself on his enemy. The pastor said, "Son, on one condi-
tion I bestow my blessing; kneel and pray with all thy heart
our Lord's prayer after me." The knight did so until he
came to the petition for forgiveness, and then paused. The
good man bade him continue. The knight said he could not.
"Then," said the aged man, "I cannot bestow my blessing."
Again and again the old man repeated the prayer, and the
knight followed him until he came to that petition. Finally
the words broke his heart, and he followed the prayer clear
through. "Now, my son," said his counselor, "I will bless thee
on thy mission."
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have none," replied the knight; "I have
no enemy to avenge."
4.
"Anoint thine head, and wash thy face,—these were
forbidden in the Jewish canon on days of fasting and humilia-
tion; and hypocrites availed themselves of this ordinance that
they might appear to fast. Our Lord, therefore, cautions us
against this; as if He had said,
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.iothing, dress in any
ordinary manner, and let the whole of thy deportment prove
that thou desirest to recommend thy soul to God, and not thy
face to men."—Clarke.
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Money is of no more value than sand, only as it is put to
use in providing for the necessities of life, in blessing others,
and advancing the cause of Christ."—"Christ's
Object Les-
sons," p. .951.
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Lesson
5
- Our Father's Care; Judging
FEBRUARY 4, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE: Matt. 6: 19 to 7: 6.
LESSON HELPS: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 298-314;
"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 177-186, current
edition.
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Daily Study Outline
1.
Laying up treasures, questions 1-3.
2.
Value of singleness of vision, questions 4, 5.
3.
Servin
g
God or mammon, questions 6-S.
4.
Providing for our temporal needs, questions
9-11.
5.
Judging one another, questions 12, 13.
6.
Motes that become beams, questions 14-16.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
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1.
Where are we told not to lay up treasures? Matt. 6: 19..
2.
Where should we lay them up? Verse 20.
3.
What do we show in the way we follow this instruction?
Verse 21.
4.
What is the light of the body? What is taught concern-
ing singleness of purpose? Verse 22. Note 1.
5.
What is the result of an evil or perverted vision? Verse 23.
6.
What did Jesus teach concerning our service? Verse 24.
7.
What should we regard as of secondary importance to
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the true service'of God? Verse 25. Note 2.
8.
By what illustration does Jesus teach trust and confi-
dence in God? How are we regarded as compared with
the fowls? Verses 25, 26.
9.
By what additional illustration did He emphasize His.
loving care for His people? Verses 27-30. Note 3.
10.
What is said concerning anxiety over temporal things?
Why is this not necessary? Verses 31, 32.
11.
What are we commanded to seek first? What results
will follow? Verse 33.
12.
What should be our attitude toward things of the future?
Verse 34.
13.
What instruction does our Lord give as to judging and
condemning? Matt. 7: 1. Note 4.
14.
By what standard will God judge us? Verse 2. Note 5.
15.
In what way does Jesus show us our own human weak-
ness? Verse 3.
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16. In undertaking to teach others, what should we first do?
Verses 4, 5.
Notes
1.
The single, clear eye gives correct ideas. The perverted
eye distorts all outward things to the dark body. So, if our
spiritual vision is single (seeking only God's glory), His light
will flood the soul and enlighten the dark body. But if this
vision is perverted by sin and selfishness, it will further per-
vert the naturally base passions.
2.
The injunction is not an excuse for laziness, shiftless-
ness, thoughtlessness. "Take no
anxious
thought," is the
idea of the text. God demands prudence, industry, care, in
His service; but having done your duty in His fear and by
His grace, do not worry. Leave the results to Him.
3.
"All who have chosen God's service are to rest in His
care. Christ pointed to the birds flying in the heavens, to the
flowers of the field, and bade His hearers consider these ob-
jects of God's creation. 'Are ye not of much more value than
they?' He said. The measure of divine attention bestowed on
any object is proportionate to its rank in the scale of being.
'The little brown sparrow is watched over by Providence. The
flowers of the field, the grass that carpets the earth, share the
notice and care of our heavenly Father. The great Master
Artist has taken thought for the lilies, making them so beauti-
ful that they outshine the glory of. Solomon. How much more
does He care for man, who is the image and glory of God. He
longs to see His children reveal a character after His simili-
tude. As the sunbeam imparts to the flowers their varied and
delicate tints, so does God impart to the soul the beauty of
His own character."—"The
Desire of Ages," p. 313.
4.
Perhaps one of the most common sins we commit is that
of judging one another. God has not given this duty to man,
except in matters of civil relationships. To presume to judge
is to arrogate to ourselves the ability to read the mind and
heart, to weigh the, motives, and to balance correctly the
thoughts and intents of the heart. God alone is able to do this,
and this prerogative He has reserved to Himself, to be exe-
cuted at the time when all the mysteries of light and darkness
shall be made manifest. 1 Cor. 4: 5. We should be careful
that we do not put ourselves in the place of God by passing
judgment upon one another.
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5. "Do not set yourself up as a standard. Do not make
your opinions, your views of duty, your interpretations of
Scripture, a criterion for others, and in your heart condemn
them if they do not come up to your ideal. Do not criticize
others, conjecturing as to their motives, and passing judg-
ment upon them. . . . Those who condemn or criticize others,
proclaim themselves guilty; for they do the same things. In
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condemning others, they are passing sentence upon them-
selves, and God declares that this sentence is just. He accepts
their own verdict against themselves. . . . Christ is the only
true standard of character, and he who sets himself up as a
standard for others, is putting himself in the place of Christ."
-"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 178-181, cur-
rent edition.
Lesson 6-Asking; Living; a Sure
Foundation
FEBRUARY 11, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
Matt. 7: 7-29.
LESSON HELPS: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 298-314;
"Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing," pp. 187-218, current
edition.
Daily Study Outline
1.
Assurance of answered prayer, questions 1, 2.
2.
Our attitude toward all men, questions 3, 4.
3.
Two gates; a tree known by its fruit, ques-
tions 5-7.
4.
God's test of character, questions 8-10.
5.
Claiming Christ's favor, questions 11, 12.
6.
Rearing and doing, questions 13-15.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
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1.
What assurance do we have that the Lord will respond
to our sincere requests? Matt. 7: 7, 8. Note 1.
2.
What fact in human experience does He use
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to empha-
size the certainty of God's promises? Verses 9, 10.
3.
What comparison does Jesus make to show that the
prayer of faith will be rewarded? Verse 11. Note 2.
4.
What great rule of life did Jesus give? Verse 12.
5.
How many roads and gateways have we before us? What
difference is there between the two? Verses 13, 14.
Note 3.
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6.
Of whom should we beware? In what manner do they
come? Verse 1&
7.
How is the character of a tree made known? Verses 17, 18:
8.
What is done with a tree that does not bring forth good
fruit? Verse 19.
9.
What conclusions may we draw from this teaching re-
garding the work of false prophets? Verse 20.
10.
What is the real test of character? Verse 21. See Luke
6: 46.
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11.
On what grounds will many claim the favor of Christ in
the Judgment? Matt. 7: 22.
12.
What reply will the Lord make to such claims? Verse
23. Note 4.
13.
To whom does Jesus liken the obedient hearer of His say-
ings? Verses 24, 25.
14.
To whom does He liken the disobedient hearer? Verses
26, 27.
15.
How did the teachings of Jesus affect the people? Why
were they astonished? Verses 28, 29. Note 5.
Notes
1.
"Ask," "seek," "knock." Be in earnest. Many pause
on the very threshold of blessing and deliverance. God does
not wish to see His children in need, and if we will but place
our needs before Him and ask for help, He will help us.
2.
Instead of saying that the Lord will give good things
to them that ask Him, Luke says (Luke 11: 13) that He will
give His Holy Spirit, which "brings all other blessings in its
train." We must yield all in order to receive this blessing.
We must make room in our hearts and lives for the fullness
of the Spirit. Then the love of God will be shed abroad in
our hearts. Rom. 5: 5. •
3.
"Strait" is used in the sense of "narrow" in both verses.
The gate does not open to the pilgrim laden with selfishness,
worldliness, riches, sin. All these must be left without. As
long as we cling to such things, we cannot enter the narrow
gate, whatever we may profess to the contrary.
4.
"I never knew you." Awful words will they be in the
final judgment! Jesus Christ is not the minister of sin. He
came to save
from
sin, not in sin. He died to "redeem us
from all iniquity [lawlessness, law-breaking], and purify unto
Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works." Titus 2:
14. It cannot be too strongly emphasized that faith in Christ
leads to cleansing from sin, clean living, and righteous doing.
5.
"Having authority." The scribes built their teachings
on the traditions of men. Jesus came with a mission, a mes-
sage, to save men; and the words He spoke were spirit and
life. As the Father sent Him, so has He sent others.. If we
are His heralds, we have His message. And in that message
is authority and power. He would not have His servants
frightened from the positiveness of the message by the cry of
"dogmatic," or the insolence of tradition, or the sneer of
"learned" philosophical critics. "Preach the word; be instant
in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-
suffering and doctrine." 2 Tim. 4: 2.
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Lesson 7-Jesus and the Woman of Samaria
FEBRUARY
18, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE:,
John 4: 1-42.
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LESSON
HELP:
"The Desire of Ages," pp. 183-195.
Daily Study Outline
1.
From Judea through Samaria to Galilee, ques-
tions 1-4.
2.
Conversing with the woman at the well, ques-
tions 5-S.
3.
Jesus reveals Himself, questions 0-12.
4.
Between doubt and conviction, questions 13-16.
5.
Further teaching, questions 17-20.
6.
The triumph of truth, questions 21-24.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
Near what city did Jesus tarry when on His way from
Judea to Galilee? John 4: 1-5.
2.
What object of historical interest was at this place?
Verse 6.
3.
What did Jesus ask of a woman who came to the well?
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Verse 7. Note 1.
4.
What reply did His request bring from the woman?
Verse 9.
5.
What tactful answer did Jesus Make to avoid a racial
controversy? Verse 10. Note 2
6.
Not comprehending the meaning of Jesus' words, what
did the woman say in response? Verses 11, 12.
7.
.How did Jesus answer• her questions? Verses 13, 14.
8.
What reply did the woman make, showing that she still
failed to understand the spiritual meaning of Jesus'
words? Verse 15.
9.
What did Jesus request her to do? Verse 16.
10.
What reply did she make to His request? Verse 17, first
part.
11.
By what words did Jesus then show that He knew her
life? Verse 17, last part; verse 18.
12.
Of what did these words convince the woman? Verse 19.
13.
What disputed point did she then introduce? Verse 20.
14.
Which side of the controversy did Jesus take in His reply?
Verses 21, 22.
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What further instruction did He give regarding true wor-
' ship? Verses 23, 24.
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16.
What did the woman say she knew concerning the
Messiah? Verse 25.
17.
How did Jesus reply? Verse 26.
18.
How did the disciples of Jesus regard His conversation
with this woman? Verse 27. Note 3.
19.
What effect did His conversation have upon the woman?
Verses 28, 29.
20.
In the meanwhile, what did His disciples request? Verse 31.
21.
What did Jesus reply? Verse 32.
22.
What further teaching did Jesus give them? Verses
34-38.
23.
What caused some of the Samaritans to believe? Verse 39.
24.
What led others to believe? Verses 41, 42.
Notes
1.
"After the Assyrians conquered Samaria, the Israelite
inhabitants were taken to Babylonia, and colonists were
brought from Babylonia to occupy their place in Samaria. At
the time of Christ, the Jews regarded the Samaritans as of
purely heathen origin, descendants of those Babylonians; but
the Samaritans claimed that not all the Jews had been driven
from Samaria at the captivity, and that through intermar-
riage there was in their veins an admixture of Jewish blood,
of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh."—Tarben.
When the tribe of Judah returned from captivity, these
people desired to join with them in building the temple at Je-
rusalem, but were refused. Ezra 4: 3. The Samaritans in
Consequence built a rival temple on Mount Gerizim. Strong
enmity sprang up. Greater holiness was claimed for Mount
Gerizim than for Jerusalem; the Samaritans accused the Jews
of corrupting God's word. On the other hand, the Jews called
the Samaritans Cuthites, and forbade all intercourse with
them; to receive one into the house was thought to bring down
the curse of God.
2.
Note how carefully the Saviour led the mind of the
woman, not only to confess, voluntarily her sinfulness, but to
ask questions for the enlightenment of her darkened mind. He
precipitated nothing, but let her open the way for the line of
truth she sought to receive.
"The Syriac Codex implies that Jesus rose and stood to
meet politely the standing woman, and this standing was one
thing that caused His disciples to marvel."—Peloubet.
3.
The Jews had imbibed to an extent the Oriental idea of
restricting woman's sphere. For a rabbi to speak to a woman
publicly was highly indecent. The Talmud forbade it, even
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even greet her courteously.
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Lesson
8 -
.The Bread of Life
FEBRUARY
25, 1922
LESSON
ScRiPTuRE: John 6: 22-66.
LESSON HELP:
"The Desire of Ages," pp. 383-394.
Daily Study Outline
1 Teaching and feeding the multitude, ques-
tions 1-4.
2.
The bread of life explained, questions 5-7.
3.
Lessons of faith, questions 8-10.
4.
Spiritual and temporal bread compared, ques-
tions 11-13.
5.
The effect of this teaching, questions 14-16.
6.
Jesus warns of unfaithfulness, questions 17-19.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
The day following the feeding of the five thousand, what
effort did some of the people make to find Jesus? John
6: 22-25.
2.
What reason did Jesus give for their following Him?
What did He admonish them to do? Verses 26, 27.
Note 1.
3.
What question did they ask? What was the reply Jesus
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made? Verses 28, 29.
4.
What did they ask of Jesus in order that they might be-
lieve in Him? What scripture did they quote to
support their request? Verses'30, 31. Note 2.
5.
What did Jesus say concerning the bread of life? For
what did these words cause them to ask? Verses 33, 34.
6.
Who did Jesus say was the bread of life? What would
be the experience of those who believed on Him? Who
did He say would come to Him? For what purpose did
Jesus come into the world? What is the will of the
Father? Verses 35-40.
7.
Why did the Jews murmur against- Jesus? What did they
cite to support them in their unbelief? Verses 41, 42.
8.
By what means only are we able to come to Christ?
What scripture did Jesus then quote as proof? Who
only does He say has seen the Father? Verses 43-46.
9.
Who does He say has everlasting life? What further
instruction did Jesus
give
them concerning the bread
of life? For what purpose was this
bread
given?
Verses 47-51. Note 3.
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10.
Over what question did the Jews strive? Verse 52.
11.
Upon what did Jesus say life depended? Verse 53.
Note 4.
12.
What further teaching did Jesus give concerning the
bread of life? Verses 54-57.
13.
How did Jesus compare this bread with the bread of which
they were thinking? Verse 58.
14.
Where was Jesus when He taught these things? Verse 59.
15.
How did some of His hearers respond to this teaching?
What question did Jesus ask? Verses 60-62.
16, What did Jesus say about the spirit and the flesh? What
did He say His words were? Verse 63.
17.
Of what did Jesus have knowledge while He was teaching
them? Verse 64.
18.
Which one of His disciples have we reason to believe was
among those who murmured? Verse 64, last part.
19.
As a result of Jesus' teachings, what did many of His
followers do? Verse 66. Note 5.
Notes
1.
"They did not seek Him from any worthy motive; but
as they had been fed with the loaves, they hoped still to re-
ceive temporal benefit by attaching themselves to Him. The
Saviour bade them, 'Labor not for the meat which perisheth,
but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life.'
"—
"The Desire of Ages,"
p. 38k.
2.
Their argument, in asking for a sign that they might
believe in Jesus, was this: Moses proved that he was sent
from God by giving the people bread from heaven to eat; now
what do you do that is greater than this to prove that you are
the greater prophet, the Messiah, who will deliver us from
our bondage to the Romans, as Moses delivered our fathers
from the Egyptians? You have fed five thousand with five
loaves from the earth for one meal. Moses fed millions for
forty years with breat from heaven.
3.
"This figure of speech means more to Orientals than it
does to us, for bread is to all save the rich the very staff of
life, almost the sole article of diet. 'As the son of a Syrian
family,' writes Abraham Mitrie Rihbany, 'I was brought up
to think of bread as possessing a mystic,,sacred significance.
I never would step on a piece of bread fallen on the road, but
would pick it up, press it to my lips for reverence, and place
it on a wall or someother place where it would not be trodden
upon. What always seemed to me one of the noblest tradi-
tions of my people was their reverence for the
wish,
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literally, "the life-giver." The
wish
was something more than
mere matter. Inasmuch as it sustained life, it was God's own
life made tangible for His child, man, to feed upon. The Mok
High Himself fed our hunger.'
"—Tarbell.
4.
"To eat the flesh and drink the blood of Christ is to re-
ceive Him as a personal Saviour, believing that He forgives
our sins, and that we are complete in Him. It is by beholding
His love, by dwelling upon it, by drinking it in, that we are
to become partakers of His nature: What food is to the body,
Christ must be to the soul. Food cannot benefit us unless we
eat it; unless it becomes a part of our being. So Christ is of
no value to us if we do not know. Him as a personal Saviour.
A theoretical knowledge will do us no good. We must feed
upon Him, receive Him into the heart, so that His life be-
comes our life. His love, His grace, must be assimilated."—
"The Desire of Ages," p. 389.
5.
"By the public rebuke of their unbelief these disciples
were still further alienated from Jesus. They were greatly
displeased, and wishing to wound the Saviour, and gratify
the malice of the Pharisees, they turned their backs upon
Him, and left Him with disdain. They had made their
choice,—had taken the form without the spirit, the husk
without the kernel. Their decision was never afterward re-
versed; for they walked no more with Jesus."—/d.,
p. 392.
Lesson 9 — The Good Shepherd
MARCH
4, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
John 10: 1-21.
LESSON HELP:
"The Desire of Ages," pp. 476-484.
Daily Study Outline
1.
Spiritual lessons from shepherd life, ques-
tions 1-3.
2.
The door of the fold, questions ie-6.
3.
The shepherd's care for the sheep, ques-
tions 7-9.
4.
God's love for us, questions 10, 11.
5.
The power to lay down His life, questions 12, 13.
6.
The effect of His teaching on the Jews, ques-
tions 14-16.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1. W6.t did Jesus call those who attempt to enter the sheep-
fold otherwise than by the door? John 10: 1. Note 1.
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2.
How does the shepherd of the sheep enter, the fold?
.Verse 2.
3.
How does the shepherd call his sheep? What does he do
when his sheep leave the fold? Why do they follow
him? Why will they not follow a stranger? Verses
3-5. Note 2.
4.
To what did Jesus liken Himself in explaining this par-
able? Verses 6, 7. Note 3.
5.
:What do those have who enter in by the door? Verse 9.
6.
For what purpose does the thief come? For what did
Jesus say He had come? Verse 10.
7.
What other term did Jesus apply to Himself? What will
a true shepherd do for his sheep? Verse 11. Note 4.
8.
What does the hireling do when the sheep are in danger?
Why is he unfaithful? Verses 12,,13.
9.
Who is the good shepherd? What is the relationship be-
tween Him and the sheep? Verses 14, 15. Note 5.
10.
What does Jesus say of other sheep not of this fold?
How many folds and shepherds will there be? Verse 16.
11.
What is one of the reasons given why the Father loves
the Son? What does Jesus say about laying down His
life? Verse 17.
12.
Was any able to take Christ's life against His will? Verse
18, first part.
13.
What power did He say He had received from His Father?
Verse 18, last part. Note 6.
14.
In what way did His teachings affect the Jews? Verse 19.
15.
What did many say of Him? Verse 20.
16.
What did others say? Verse 21.
Notes
1. "The beautiful pastoral symbolism of our Lord's dis-
course runs through the first eighteen verses of this tenth
chapter of John. It has been pointed out, however, that in
these words we have not one parable but three, . . . drawn
from the circumstances attending three different hours of the
pastoral day. The first parable is that of the
shepherd,
and
comprises the first six verses. The scene is laid in the early
morning. During the night the sheep have been• sheltered in
a large open enclosure, in which, under the care of a single
porter, numbers of flocks belonging to different owners have
shared a common protection.
"The second parable, which is that of the
door,
runs from
the seventh to the tenth verse, and carries forward our
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thought from daybreak to midday, and from the large night-
fold to a structure set in the middle of the pasture. This fold
is meant to afford shade and security amid the day's heat and
danger. The sheep may go in and out at will, according as
they want food and rest. It was of this structure, with its
wide swinging door, that Christ was thinking when He called
Himself the Door. That door was at once a protection and a
means of freedom.
"The third parable shifts the scene still farther forward
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and brings us to the close of the day. The shadows are creep-
ing up the mountain slopes. The chills of
,
sundown are in the
air. The flocks must be led back to the night-fold. But on
the way a sudden danger emerges. Wolves spring out of am-
bush and attack the sheep. It is a critical moment, and tests
the quality of the shepherd. The hireling runs away. The
. good shepherd
casts himself between the sheep and the wolves,
and sacrifices himself to save the
flock."—Tarbell.
2.
The shepherd "depends upon the sheep to follow, and
they in turn expect him never to leave them. They run after
him if he appears to be escaping from them, and are terrified
when he is out of sight, or any stranger appears instead of
him. He calls them from time to time to let them know that
he is at hand. The sheep listen and continue grazing, but if
anyone else tries to produce the same peculiar cries and gut-
tural sounds, they look around with a startled air and begin to
scatter."—Mackie. .
3.
Christ said He was the "door of the sheep" because He
was thinking of His individual followers, the sheep, rather
than of the fold, His church. In this parable, He also speaks
of Himself as the door of the fold; but He would have us feel
that individually we are thought of and cared for.
4.
Beneath the burning skies and the clear, starry nights
of Palestine there grows up between the shepherd and his
flock a union of attachment and tenderness. In that country,
at an unexpected moment. sheep are liable to be swept away
by some mountain torrent, or carried off by hill robbers, or
torn by wolves. At any moment, their protector may have to
save their lives by personal hazard.
5.
John 10: 14, 15: "I am the good shepherd; and I know
Mine own, and Mine own know Me, even as the Father
knoweth Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My life
for the sheep."—American
Revised Version.
6.
"One of the most powerful angels is sent from heaven.
His countenance is like lightning, and his garments white as
snow. He parts the darkness from his track. . . . The earth
trembles and heaves as that powerful being from another
world approaches. . . . The angel laid hold of the great
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stone at the mouth of the tomb, and rolled it away, as if it
had been but a pebble. Then with a voice that caused the
earth to tremble, he cried: 'Jesus, Thou Son of God, come
forth, Thy Father calls Thee!'
"-Mrs. E. G. White, in
"Christ Our Saviour," pp. 151-153.
Lesson 10-Words of Comfort
MARCH 11, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
John 13: 31-38; 14: 1-14.
LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 662-668.
Daily Study Outline
1.
Jesus breaks the news of His departure, ques-
tions 1-3.
2.
Peter's perplexity, questions 4-6.
3.
Comforting words for sorrowing hearts, ques-
tions 7-9.
4.
Jesus explains to Philip, questions 10-12.
5.
The unity of Father and Son, questions 13-15.
6.
The result of believing in Jesus, questions
16, 17.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
After Judas had left the Passover supper, what important
announcement did Jesus make? John 13: 31, 32. Note 1.
2.
How long did He say He would be with His disciples?
What great truth which He had stated to the Jews did
He repeat? Verse 33.
3.
What new commandment did He give them? Verse 34.
Note 2.
4.
By what are all men to know that we are disciples of the
Lord? Verse 35.
5.
What direct question did Peter ask Jesus? What answer
did Jesus make? Verse 36.
6.
What further question did. Peter ask? What did he say
he would do? Verse 37. Note 3.
7.
What sad statement of truth did Jesus make in answer
to Peter's overconfidence in himself? Verse 38. Note 4.
8.
After breaking to His disciples the news of His betrayal
and His departure from them, what comforting words
does He speak to them? John 14: 1.
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9.
What does He say of His Father's house? For what
purpose was He going away? Verse 2.
10.
Of what future event did He give assurance? Where are
the redeemed to be gathered finally? Verse 3.
11.
What question did Thomas ask? Verse 5.
12.
In reply, what did Jesus say He was? How only do men
come to the Father? Of whom is Christ the revela-
tion? Verses 6, 7.
13.
What request did Philip make? How did Jesus answer
it? Verses 8, 9.
14.
In what words did Jesus teach the unity of the Father
and Himself? Whose words did He speak? Whose
works did He do? Verse 10.
15.
On what grounds alone, if for no other reason, did He
ask them to believe in Him? Verse 11.
16.
What does He say of those who believe on Him? Verse
12. Note 5.
17.
What promise is made to those who ask in prayer? For
what reason are our requests granted? Verses 13, 14.
Notes
1.
"Looking upon His disciples with divine love and with
the tenderest sympathy,. Christ said, 'Now is the Son of man
glorified, and God is glorified in Him.' Judas had left the
upper chamber, and Christ was alone with the eleven. He
was about to speak of His approaching separation from them;
but before doing this He pointed to the great object of His
mission. It was this that He kept ever before Him. It was
His joy that all His humiliation and suffering would glorify
the Father's name. To, this He first directs the thoughts of
His disciples."—"The
Desire of Ages," p. 662.
2.
This commandment here called "new" was really an old
commandment which we had from the beginning. It was new
in the sense in which we sometimes speak of receiving some
new light, or truth, from the Bible—truth which has been
there ever since the Word was written, but is new to us, we
having never seen it before. This commandment was new to
the disciples in that they had never learned to do it.
3.
A picture of the self-confidence ,of Peter and its result
is presented in the dialogue between him and Jesus. "Satan
has a quiver full of poisoned arrows. Knowest thou which of
them is the most deadly?—It is trust and confidence towards
thyself. See to it that he does not wound thee thereby; for in
the wound will grow the proud flesh of security; and that
afterwards festers into what?—Presumption."—Selected.
"When Peter said he would follow
his Lord to prison and to death, he
meant it, every word of it; but he
did not know himself. Hidden in
his heart were elements of evil that
circumstances would fan into life."
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4.
"When Peter said he would follow his Lord to prison
and to death, he meant it, every word of it; but he did not
know himself. Hidden in his heart were elements of evil that
circumstances would fan into life. Unless he was made
conscious
of
his danger, these would prove his eternal
ruin. The Saviour saw in him a self-love and assurance that
would overbear even his love for Christ. Much of infirmity,
of unmortified sin, carelessness of spirit, unsanctified temper,
heedlessness in entering into temptation, had been revealed
in his experience. Christ's solemn warning was a call to
heart-searching. Peter needed to distrust himself, and to
have a deeper faith in Christ. Had he in humility received
the warning, he would have appealed to the Shepherd of the
flock to keep His sheep. When on the Sea of Galilee he was
about to sink, he cried, 'Lord, save me.' Then the hand of
Christ was outstretched to
,
grasp his hand. So now if he had
cried to Jesus, Save me from myself, he would have been kept.
But Peter deft that he was distrusted, and he thought it cruel.
He was already offended, and he became more persistent in•
his self-confidence."—"The
Desire of Ages," pp. 673, 674.
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5.
"By this Christ did not mean that the disciples' work
would be of a more exalted character than His, but that it
would have greater extent. He did' not refer merely to
miracle-working, but to all that would take place under the
working of the Holy Spirit."—Id., p.
664.
Lesson 11—Jesus the True Vine
MARCH 18,
1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE:
John 15: 1-25.
LESSON HELP:
"The Desire of Ages," pp. 674-680.
Daily Study Outline
1.
The vine cultivated for fruit-bearing, ques-
tions 1-3.
2.
Abiding in the Vine, questions 4-6.
3.
God glorified in bearing much fruit, ques-
tions 7-9.
4.
True commandment keeping, questions 10-12.
5.
A new commandment, questions 13-15.
6.
Not servants but friends, questions 16-19.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1. To what did Jesus liken Himself? What position does
the Father occupy? John 15: 1. Note 1.
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2.
What does He do with the unfruitful branches? With
the fruitful ones? Verse 2. Note 2.
3.
How are we made clean? Verse 3.
4.
What conditions of fruit-bearing in nature are necessary
in our Christian experience? Verse 4. Note 3.
5.
In what way are we related to the Vine? What must we
do in order to bear much fruit? Verse 5. Note 4.
6.
What is done with those who do not abide in Christ? In
what condition are they? How are they disposed of
finally? Verse 6.
7.
Upon what conditions are our requests granted? Verse
7. 'Note 5.
8.
In what way is the Father glorified? By what are His
disciples known? Verse 8.
9.
With what does Jesus compare His love for us? How
are we to continue? Verse 9.
10.
How are we to abide in His love? Holy did Jesus abide
in His Father's love? Verse 10.
11.
Why did Jesus tell His disciples these things? Verse 11.
12.
In what did Jesus delight? Ps. 40: 8.
13.
What similarity is there in the experience of every person
in whom Christ dwells? Ps. 1: 1, 2.
14.
What was His commandment to them? John 15: 12.
15.
What is the supreme test of our love for another? Verse 13.
16.
How do we become friends of Jesus? Verse 14.
17.
What is the difference between being a servant and being
a friend? Verse 15.
18.
Of what did. Jesus remind the eleven? For what purpose
had He ordained them? Verse 16, first part.
19.
What
would be true of their fruit? What encouragement
was given to make further requests? Verse 16, last
part.
Notes
1. "Jesus and the disciples were on the way to Geth-
semane, at the foot of Mount Olivet, a retired spot which He
had often visited for meditation and prayer. The Saviour
had been explaining to His disciples His mission to the world,
and the spiritual relation to Him which they were to sustain.
Now He illustrates the lesson. The moon is shining bright,
and reveals to Him a flourishing grapevine. Drawing the
attention of the disciples to it, He employs it as a symbol.
" 'I am the true Vine,' He says. Instead of choosing the
giaceful palm, the lofty cedar, or the strong oak, Jesus takes
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the vine with its clinging tendrils to represent Himself. The
palm tree, the cedar, and the oak stand alone. They require
no support. But the vine entwines about the trellis, and thus
climbs heavenward. So Christ in His humanity was depend-
ent upon divine power. 'I can of Mine own self do nothing,'
He declared."—"The
Desire of Ages," pp. 674, 675.
2.
"It is because God is leading them that these things
come upon them. Trials and obstacles are the Lord's chosen
methods of discipline and His appointed conditions of success.
He who reads the hearts of men knows their characters
better than they themselves know them. He sees that some
have powers and susceptibilities which, rightly directed, might
be used in the advancement of His work. In His providence
He brings these persons into different positions and varied
circumstances that they may discover in their character the
defects which have been concealed from their own knowledge.
He gives them opportunity to correct these_ aofects, and to
fit themselves for His service. Often He permits the fires of
affliction to assail them that they may be purified."—"Ministry
of Healing," p. 471.
3.
"Abiding in ChrfS't is abiding in the love of • Christ.
Abiding in the love of Christ is abiding in the obedience of
Christ. Duty, in other words, is the equivalent of disciple-
ship. Duty conceived as the will of God and the command of
Christ and faithfully fulfilled, evidences the inner union of
the soul with Christ, as of the branch with the vine. 'And the
great duty which He pressed on His disciples was itself the
duty of unselfish brotherly
love."—Speer.
4.
"Abiding in Christ is not a question of a little more or
little better fruit; for 'without Me,' or 'apart from Me,' ye can
do, not little, but 'nothing.' The question is of much fruit, or
of none at all."—J.
Hudson Taylor.
"Ye can no more produce a virtue without the
Vine
than
can a barbed wire fence grow luscious grapes. All the vigor,
verdure, luxuriance, graces, goodness that we possess have
come to us because the life of Christ has been flowing through
His followers."—Peloubet.
5.
"That first relation—the abiding of the soul in Christ—
if it were perfect, would be enough. An entire sympathy be-
tween you and the Lord would make it impossible for you to
do anything but just what was the Lord's will. But that first
relation is very imperfect and unreliable here. Therefore
God must give Him not merely His own Spirit but His own
words. The soul's abiding in Jesus will make 'him ready to
accept Jesus' words, and then the words will come to lead the
soul into a deeper and still deeper abiding-place in its Say-
iour."—Phillips Brooks.
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PREPARE NOW FOR THE
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
March
25
The Transportation, Outfitting, and Establishment of the
1922 Missionaries in their Mission Stations;
including Homes.
Lesson 12 — The Holy Spirit
MARCH 25, 1922
LESSON SCRIPTURE: John 14: 16-31; 15: 26, 27; 16: 7-14.
LESSON HELP: "The Desire of Ages," pp. 668-674.
Daily Study Outline
1.
The Holy Spirit promised, questions 1, 2.
2.
Words of encouragement; the Comforter, ques-
tions 3-6.
3.
The Holy Spirit to bear witness, questions 7-6.
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4.
Three things reproved, questions 10-12.
5.
Rejecting the Holy Spirit, questions 13-15.
6.
Warnings concerning the Spirit, questions 16,-17.
7.
Review the lesson.
Questions
1.
In place of His personal presence, who did Jesus prom-
ise would be sent by the Father? By what name was
the Holy Spirit called? How long was He to remain?
John 14: 16. Note 1.
2.
What other name does He bear? What does Jesus say the
world cannot do? How do His disciples know the Holy
Spirit? Verse 17. Note 2.
3.
What further words of encouragement and comfort does
Jesus give? Verses 18, 19.
4.
To what class does Jesus promise the manifestation of
Himself through the Spirit of truth? Verses 21, 23.
5.
By what other name does Jesus speak of the Comforter?
What will be a part of His work? Verse 26.
6.
Why did Jesus teach the disciples concerning the work of
the Holy Spirit? Verse 29. Note 3.
7.
What did He further say would be the work of the Spirit?
John 15: 26.
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8.
What would the disciples also do? What privilege had
been theirs? Verse 27.
9.
What reasons did Jesus
give
for His going away? John
16: 7.
10.
When the Comforter is come, of what three things will
He convince the world? What reasons for these are
given? Verses 8-11.
11.
Why did Jesus refrain from teaching His disciples many
other things? Verse 12.
12.
Who did He say would continue _His teaching? Into what
would He guide them? Of whom will He not speak?
What else would He show them? Verse 13.
13.
In what way would the Holy Spirit honor, or glorify,
Christ? Verse 14.
14.
How is God's willingness to give the Holy Spirit ex-
pressed? Luke 11: 13.
15.
Against what are we warned? Eph. 4: 30. Note 4.
16.
How has God shown that He is no respecter of persons in
bestowing the Holy Spirit? Acts 10: 44, 45.
17.
What prayer of David's should be made our daily peti-
tion? Ps. 51: 11.
Notes
1.
"The Holy Spirit is Christ's representative, but di-
vested of the personality of humanity, and independent
thereof. Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in
every place personally. Therefore it was for their interest
that He should go to the Father, and send the Spirit to be
His successor on earth. No one could then have any advan-
tage because of his location or his personal contact with
Christ. By the Spirit the Saviour would be accessible to all.
In this sense He would be nearer to them than if He had not
ascended on high."—"The
Desire of Ages," p. 669.
2.
The word "world" is here used in the same sense as the
word "flesh," or "carnal heart," used in other passages of
Scripture. The worldly, or carnal heart is opposed to
spiritual things, and cannot understand them, because they
are spiritually discerned.
3.
"In describing to His disciples the office work of the
Holy Spirit, Jesus sought to inspire them with the joy and
hope that inspired His own heart. He rejoiced because of the
abundant help He had provided for His church. The Holy
Spirit was the highest of all gifts that He could solicit from
His Father for the exaltation of His people. The Spirit was
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sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail. The power of
evil had been strengthening for centuries, and the submission
of men to this satanic captivity was amazing. Sin could be
resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the
third person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified
energy, but in the fullness of divine power. It is the Spirit
that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's
Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure.
Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the
divine nature. Christ has given His Spirit as a divine power
to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil,
and to impress His own character upon His church."—Id.,
p. 671.
4. "There are none so hardened as those who have slighted
the invitation of mercy, and done despite to the Spirit of
grace. The most common manifestation of the sin against the
Holy Spirit, is in persistently slighting Heaven's invitation
to repent. Every step in the rejection of Christ is a step to-
ward the rejection of salvation, and toward the sin against
the Holy Spirit.
"In rejecting Christ the Jewish people committed the un-
pardonable sin; and by refusing the invitation of mercy, we
may commit the same error. We offer insult to the Prince of
life, and put Him to shame before the synagogue of Satan,
and before the heavenly universe, when we refuse to listen
to His delegated messengers, and instead listen to the agents
of Satan, who would draw the soul away from Christ. So
long as one does this, he can find no hope or pardon, and he
will finally lose all desire to be reconciled to God."—Id., p. 324.
"When a person once neglects to heed the invitations, re-
proofs, and warnings, of the Spirit of God, his conscience be-
comes seared, and the next time he is admonished, it will be
more difficult to yield obedience than before. And thus with
every repetition. Conscience is the voice of God, heard amid,
the conflict of human passions; when it is resisted, the Spirit
of God is grieved. .
"Man at first resists a motion of the Spirit of God, and,
having once resisted, it is less difficult to do so the second
time, less the third, and far less the fourth. Then comes the
harvest to be reaped from the seed of unbelief and resistance.
Oh, what a harvest of sinful indulgences is preparing for the
sickle!"—"Testimonies for the Church," volume 5, p. 120.
We should give as never before to the Thirteenth Sabbath
Offering. Our opportunity at this time to assist in establish-
ing our new missionaries in their stations should be fully
appreciated.
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